November 2011
The overpopulation myth →
janedoe225:
But most of the 7 billion are not endangering the earth. The majority of the world’s people don’t destroy forests, don’t wipe out endangered species, don’t pollute rivers and oceans, and emit essentially no greenhouse gases.
Even in the rich countries of the Global North, most environmental destruction is caused not by individuals or households, but by mines, factories, and...
“The lure of the distant and the difficult is deceptive. The great opportunity is...”
– John Burroughs (via wordpainting)
“Human kindness is totally unfair. We don’t live in a caring or generous world,...”
– José N. Harris (via cassket)
“You cannot save people. You can only love them.”
– Anaïs Nin (via thesaltwaternight)
“Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny...”
– Theodore Roosevelt (via think-progress)
Really?
“In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are...”
– Douglas Coupland (via icarus-the-owl)
